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embroiled
(encz) | embroiled,zapletený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Embroiled
(gcide) | Embroil \Em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embroiled; p. pr. &
vb. n. Embroiling.] [F. embrouiller; pref. em- (L. in) +
brouiller. See 1st Broil, and cf. Imbroglio.]
1. To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or
discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make
confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by
dissension or strife.
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The royal house embroiled in civil war. --Dryden.
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2. To implicate in confusion; to complicate; to jumble.
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The Christian antiquities at Rome . . . are so
embroiled with ?able and legend. --Addison.
Syn: To perplex; entangle; distract; disturb; disorder;
trouble; implicate; commingle.
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embroiled
(wn) | embroiled
adj 1: deeply involved especially in something complicated;
"embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in
their affairs" [syn: embroiled, entangled] |
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embroiled
(encz) | embroiled,zapletený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Disembroiled
(gcide) | Disembroil \Dis`em*broil"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disembroiled;
p. pr. & vb. n. Disembroiling.] [Pref. dis- + embroil.]
To disentangle; to free from perplexity; to extricate from
confusion.
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Vaillant has disembroiled a history that was lost to
the world before his time. --Addison.
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embroiled
(wn) | embroiled
adj 1: deeply involved especially in something complicated;
"embroiled in the conflict"; "felt unwilling entangled in
their affairs" [syn: embroiled, entangled] |
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